Beth O'Leary, bestselling author of The Flatshare, is coming to York to celebrate the launch of her new novel The Switch. We will learn how she came to be a published author, why she decided to write about the special relationship between grandmother and granddaugher, and how falling in love with a Yorkshireman led to her to fall in love with our beautiful county - inspiring her to set half of the novel here.
Beth O'Leary, bestselling author of The Flatshare, is coming to York to celebrate the launch of her new novel The Switch. We will learn how she came to be a published author, why she decided to write about the special relationship between grandmother and granddaugher, and how falling in love with a Yorkshireman led to her to fall in love with our beautiful county - inspiring her to set half of the novel here. After the talk, there will be a QA, and then the chance to get your copy of the book signed. The Switch: Eileen is sick of being 79.Leena's tired of life in her twenties.Maybe it's time they swapped places...When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she escapes to her grandmother Eileen's house for some overdue rest. Eileen is newly single and about to turn eighty. She'd like a second chance at love, but her tiny Yorkshire village doesn't offer many eligible gentlemen.Beth has done it again! Warm, witty, and a cast of characters I wish I was friends with - I truly loved it! * Laura Jane Williams, author of Our Stop *
